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Visitors of the exhibition 'Burquoi' of Naneci Yurdaguel are pictured through a burqa at an art gallery in Wiesbaden, Germany, Sunday. The exhibition, which name is a wordplay of the words burka and the French 'pourquoi' 'why', can be visited and experienced by visitors only in a burka. Ralph Orlowski/Reuters

Test driver Luca di Grassi drives a Formula E racing car powered by electric energy in front of the ancient Colosseum in Rome, Saturday. Rome becomes the second city in the world to welcome the FIA Formula E Championship. In total, the 2014 inaugural Championship will feature 10 urban races. Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

People carry boxes containing the remains of their relatives as they walk to a pantheon during a burial at a cemetery in the neighborhood of La Sauceda, near Cortes de la Frontera, southern Spain. The remains of 28 people who were killed during the Spanish Civil War. from 1936 to 1939, were found in several mass graves. Jon Nazca/Reuters

Actress Meryl Streep uses her iPhone to get a photo of her and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton following the State Department Dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors gala, Saturday, at the State Department in Washington. Kevin Wolf/AP

Workers are seen on the roof of the "Bolshoy" Ice Dome to be used for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics under construction, Sunday. The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics opens on February 7, 2014. Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters

Marcel Hirscher from Austria, speeds down the course during the men's World Cup giant slalom ski race in Beaver Creek, Colo., on Sunday. Nathan Bilow/AP

History enthusiasts dressed as soldiers re-enact Napoleon's famous battle of Austerlitz, near the southern Moravian town of Slavkov, Czech Republic, Saturday. David W Cerny/Reuters

M23 rebels withdraw from the eastern Congo town of Goma, Saturday. An agreement was reached late Friday with M23 rebels after their failed attempt to force their way into Goma's international airport to seize arms. Jerome Delay/AP

An internally displaced Congolese woman waits for food to be distributed by WFP at the Mugunga 3 camp outside the eastern Congolese town of Goma Sunday. M23 rebels say they will take back Congo's city of Goma if the government does not agree to negotiate with them by Monday. Jerome Delay/AP

Members of the Bulgarian Red Cross hold lit candles during a ceremony to mark World AIDS day in Sofia. Tsvetelina Belutova/Reuters

A Palestinian boy rides a bicycle as members of al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in an anti-Israel parade in Gaza City, Sunday. Mohammed Salem/Reuters

Brazilians protest against the privatization of the Maracana stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday. About 500 people protested against privatization of the famous soccer stadium because it will lead to the demolition of a nearby museum and a public school. Silvia Izquierdo/AP

Children on balance bike race at a park in Tokyo, Sunday. Shizuo Kambayashi/AP

People stand covered with mud on the shore of the Dead Sea near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Mitzpe Shalem, Saturday. Marko Djurica/Reuters

Samoan players perform a traditional dance in celebration after they beat New Zealand at the final match of Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Kamran Jebreili/AP

Chelsea's interim manager Rafa Benitez is surrounded by soap bubbles released by West Ham United to celebrate their third goal during their English Premier League soccer match at Upton Park, London. Andrew Winning/Reuters

A demonstrator lights up a spray outside the steel security barriers around the National Congress, where the swearing in of new Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto is taking place in Mexico City, Sunday. Marco Ugarte/AP

A policeman takes a photo of protesters while guarding the Chinese embassy in Yangon, Myanmar. Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas on Thursday to break up a three-month protest against a copper mining project run by the military-owned Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd and its partner, a subsidiary of a Chinese arms manufacturer China North Industries Corp. Minzayar/Reuters

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Hardline Islamist insurgents, including the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, now control a second Syrian province after Raqqa, the stronghold of the Islamic State group. But ISIS isn't allied with the Islamists who tookover Idlib.

ByMariam Karouny, ReutersMarch 28, 2015

Islamist groups including Al Qaeda's Nusra Front - but not ISIS - have seized the city of Idlib for the first time in Syria's civil war, fighters and a monitoring group said on Saturday.